Air Harvard forced Yale to spread the field and the newfound freedom left Giardi just enough room to take the ball the final 14 yards himself, scoring on a five-yard scramble with 5:16 in the third quarter.
Junior kicker Mark Hall's PAT was good and Harvard matched its largest lead of the season--14 points.
The Crimson scored the only points of the first half on a Giardi one-yard touchdown plunge with 9:30 gone in the first quarter.
Giardi (who rushed for 41 first half yards) brought the Crimson down to a 4th-and-1 situation on the Yale 30.
Restic elected to go for it, and senior Kendrick Joyce took a misdirection handoff from Giardi and found himself all alone on the right side.
Joyce--the team's best open-field runner--dodged several tacklers and nearly went all the way, but sophomore linebacker Carl Ricci caught Joyce by the ankle at the one.
Two quarterback sneaks later, Harvard had a 6-0 lead, 7-0 after junior kicker Mark Hall nailed the PAT.
It was Giardi's 20th rushing touchdown of his career.
Hetherington put together a 15-play drive over six minutes with time running out in the second half, and Yale had a first down on the Harvard 15 with seven seconds left in the half.
But instead of kicking the field goal, Yale Coach Carm Cozza elected to run one more play--and the dice nearly came up seven.
Backup split end Ed Kmak was wide open in the left corner of the end zone, but Hetherington overthrew the ball. Kmak leaped and caught the pass but landed out of bounds as the horn sounded.
It was the first time the Crimson defense had held an opponent scoreless in the first half all season.
Harvard had one other chance to score: early in the second quarter, Giardi and the offensive corps marched downfield to the Yale 22.
But on third down, Giardi was forced to scramble and Yale linebacker Jeff Kinney dropped him for a eight-yard loss. Hall's 46-yard field goal attempt was wide left.
The Crimson defense stopped Eli star tailback Keith Price cold in the first half, holding the explosive runner to just 28 yards on 12 carrier. Hetherington ran for 42 yards on nine carries. HARVARD, 14-0 at The Stadium Harvard 7 0 7 0 -- 14 Yale 0 0 0 0 -- 0
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